Structure and Function of a Healthy Heart
Standards
The students should be able to outline several human-anatomical structures. The students will develop a comprehensive understanding of the role of nurses and physicians as well as outline the tenets of health promotion.
Objectives
The students be able to create an appreciation of health as well as verbalize the heart’s functions.
Anticipatory Set
The teacher will lead the students in singing several rounds of the song “My Hidden Heart.”
Key Vocabulary
The students will learn new vocabularies such as heartbeat, chest, pump, blood and blood vessels.
Materials
The teacher will use a diagram with a cartoon drawing showing the heart’s location as well as the major blood vessels.
Motivation
Being a vital organ such as the heart, the students will build a better understanding of the human body.
Presentation
The first step is to facilitate the students in making a fist and positioning it on the left lateral area of their chest. The students will be asked to hold a water bottle in the fist and try to squirt water from the bottle in order to comprehend the distance that the heart pumps blood. The teacher will explain that the blood has to go round the body and come back to the heart. To illustrate the hearts repetitive action, the teacher will ask the students if they can keep pumping their fists all night while sleeping.
Differentiation
To locate the heart, the teacher will help the students make a fist and place it on the heart’s location on the chest. The teacher will also demonstrate how to squirt water from the bottle.
Review and Assessment
The students will be assessed on their ability to locate the heart’s position in the chest as well as outlining its functions.
Extension
The teacher will inform the kids that physicians can check if the heart is healthy without cutting the chest open. The students will feel their heart beat that night when lying in bed by placing their hands on their chest.
Safety in the Play Ground
Standards
The students appreciate the measures that are established to keep them safe while playing as well as ways of requesting for assistance when an injury occurs. The students will be able to recognize that even fun activities can result to harm if safety is not observed.
Objectives
The objective of the lesson is to help students establish rules that enhance their safety in the playground.
Anticipatory Set
The teacher will issue each student with a band-aid and ask them to place it on their “owie” as well as describe how they got their “owies.”
Key Vocabulary
The students will familiarize themselves with terms such as wounds, injuries, bruises, abrasion, fractures, disability, and surfaces.
Materials
The teacher will issue the students with a band-aid, boiled eggs, apples, bananas and a chart.
Motivation
Students who are in kindergarten are at an age where a big percentage of their time is spent in play activities. As such, the risk of injury is higher among these students as compared to different age groups. The injuries that occur on the playground are preventable through training.
Presentation
The teacher will divide the class into groups of three students. Each group will be provided with three boiled eggs, a banana and an apple. During the experiment, the students will drop the boiled eggs on the ground and throw the apple across a distance in the playing field. The students will pass the banana through a small opening. The teacher will guide the students to appreciate that the human body, placed under equivalent conditions, would be equally affected and similar results as those of the experiment would occur. The teacher will then assist in the discussion about the different playground surfaces.
Differentiation
The learners’ will be provided with band-aids to arouse their interest in wounds and bruises.
Review and Assessment
The teacher will evaluate if the students can remember the outcomes of each experiment. Finally, the teacher will assess whether the students remember the playground regulations.
Extension
The students will be taught kindergarten-level first aid skills. Learners will appreciate playground regulations and begin to view them as protective rather than limiting.
Color the Foods That Are Good for You
Standards
The students should be able to name as well as describe both healthy foods and snacks. The students should understand that not all food products which are advertised foster good health.
Objectives
After the lesson, the students will be in a position to differentiate between everyday healthy foods and snacks.
Anticipatory Set
The teacher will bring food items that belong to different food classes and ask the students to name and classify the food items.
Key Vocabulary
The students will learn two new terms which include healthy foods and snacks.
Materials
To efficiently deliver the lesson, the students will be provided with the “Color the foods that are good for you” sheet. The students will also be provided with markers and crayons.
Motivation
Having the right nutrition is essential for kindergarten students. Due to their development process, lack of proper nutrition would be detrimental to their health.
Presentation
The students will give examples of everyday healthy foods and sometime-food. Ask the students to name different types of combination-food and state if they are healthy for them. The teacher will distribute the activity sheets and ask the students to name the listed foods as well as give their respective class. The final step is to ask the students to color the foods that are on the activity sheet and give reasons for having a healthy nutrition.
Differentiation
The teacher will help the students to read the foods on the activity sheet. The teacher will repeat the instruction to students who have questions about how to complete the assignment.
Review and Assessment
The students will be assessed on their ability to categorize different foods as indicated on the activity sheet.
Benefits of Physical Fitness
Objectives
Students will be in a position to list three positive effects of physical fitness. The students will be asked to design a weekly plan of activities to help them keep fit.
Standards
The students should understand the benefits that emanate from being physically active. The students will also be able to describe ways in which they can regularly participate in physical activities, as well as other physical activities.
Anticipatory Set
The teacher will set up the exercise equipment’s in the activity area. The equipments will include mats and skipping ropes.
Key Vocabulary
The students will learn several new terms during the lesson. The terms include muscle, push up, trunk lift and body mass index.
Materials
To efficiently deliver the lesson, the teacher will present the students with videos that demonstrate different exercises. Training materials will also be provided such as floor mats and charts.
Motivation
Physical activity is an integral aspect of healthy living given that it helps students to avoid lifestyle diseases. Students who are physically active have been shown to have higher scores in exams as well as lead a happier life.
Presentation
The students will be taken to the activity area where they will be divided into groups of fours. Group members will act as pacers for different physical activity. Each group will participate in a five-minute sprinting race as the class watches. The students will then do trunk lifts and pushups. The last activity will involve demonstrating to students how to measure body mass index as well as listing the benefits of exercise.
Differentiation
The teacher will stand at the starting point for the sprint race when the students are preparing in order to remind them the instructions. The teacher will play a supportive role when the students are engaged in different exercise activities by helping them complete their sets.
Review and Assessment
After each exercise is completed, the teacher will ask the student to describe how it is conducted and outline benefits of physical exercises.
End-Of-Unit Event
The health and family event will address issues such as home safety rules for kids as well as parental discussions related to children rights. The need for parents to talk about health issues and safety issues with their children will also be discussed. The event will also focus on how to keep the children safe when they are walking alone in the streets.
The nutritional foods that will be served include apples and vegetable salads. The event will also incorporate physical activities such as sprinting races and rope team-tag. The families will be requested to make a poster on how they perceive the nutrition and health as well as physical activities for their kids. The families attending the event will choose the best poster and propose an appropriate reward.